Opinion
C/A No. 0:10-1268-RMG-PJG.
September 23, 2010
ORDER
The plaintiff, Thomas Marvin Fair, Jr. ("Plaintiff"), a self-represented state prisoner, brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This civil rights matter is before the court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b) and Local Civil Rule 73.02(B)(2) DSC on the Plaintiff's motion for free copies. (ECF No. 26.)
Plaintiff was granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis in this matter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. (Order, ECF No. 9.) This status exempts litigants from paying the filing fees in full at the time the lawsuit is filed; it does not exempt litigants from the costs of copying and filing documents, service of documents other than the complaint, costs, expert witness fees, or sanctions. See, e.g., In re Richard, 914 F.2d 1526 (6th Cir. 1990) (stating that the granting of in forma pauperis status "does not give the litigant a right to have documents copied and returned to him at government expense");Boring v. Kozakiewicz, 833 F.2d 468 (3d Cir. 1987) (upholding the district court's denial of a civil plaintiff's request for funds to pay an expert medical witness and observing that neither 28 U.S.C. § 1915 nor any other authority provides for such funding). Therefore, Plaintiff's motion is denied. (ECF No. 26.)
IT IS SO ORDERED.
September 23, 2010 Columbia, South Carolina